How can I match a whole word in JavaScript?

Question

I am trying to search a single whole word through a textbox. Say I search "me", I should find all occurrences of the word "me" in the text, but not "memmm" per say.

I am using JavaScript's search('my regex expression') to perform the current search (with no success).

After several proposals to use the \b switches (which don't seem to work) I am posting a revised explanation of my problem:

For some reason this doesn't seem to do the trick. Assume the following JavaScript search text:

var lookup = '\n\n\n\n\n\n2    PC Games        \n\n\n\n'; lookup  = lookup.trim() ; alert(lookup );  var tttt = 'tttt'; alert((/\b(lookup)\b/g).test(2)); 

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Answer 1

To use a dynamic regular expression see my updated code:

new RegExp("\\b" + lookup + "\\b").test(textbox.value) 

Your specific example is backwards:

alert((/\b(2)\b/g).test(lookup)); 

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Answer 2

Use the word boundary assertion \b:

/\bme\b/